Re-Imagining ELA/ELD Instructional Design: Standards (ELA and ELD)

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OK, so we are looking at The Common Core Companion: The Standard Decoded:

Alma read aloud the section "Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity" and we practiced  

a summary 

sentence, 

phrase,

and word

that capture the essence of the standard. 

We looked at Knowledge of Language under the Language Standards: 

sentence: It's important for students to understand how to use language appropriately. 

phrase: appropriate use of language

sentence: purpose

We posted this on the Schoology course page. 

Part II: How English works...

Then we took a look at the ELD Standards. We got the grade level ELD standards placemat. 

We looked at the statistics of our students and their language classifications. 

We examined how we look at
Part 1: 3 modes of communication:

collaborative, interpretive, and productive.

Part 2: and how English works in
3 processes:
text structures, expanding phrases, and connecting ideas. 

Part 3: Foundational Skills

We discussed how we needed to unpack ALL OF THIS TEXT into a meaningful PD next year to meet our students' language development needs more effectively.

Part I: Modes of Communication

We then brought the conversation back to the circles of instruction and this is "why" it's important.

We then looked back at Part 1: and the three sections: emerging, expanding, and bridging. These levels of proficiency are replacing the beginning, early intermediate, intermediate, early advanced, and advanced.

She talked about what collaborative, interpretive, and productive practice looks like in our classrooms. Then, she talked about how the standards work across the levels as students acquire language. She showed this in standard 9 and then we looked at how standard 11 progresses.

We went on a crazy hunt for how ELA and ELD standards correlate.